Ship at leith docks

[AugustaHibs]

I see scary images are surfacing of a huge ship collapsing over on a dry dock in leith this morning.

Sky news suggesting multiple injuries.

I wonder how that’s happened, it’s windy but surely not windy enough to topple a ship?

[Santa Cruz]

BBC saying it became dislodged. It's in the Imperial Dock. Multiple injuries.

[grunt]

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/9DE2/production/_129081404_ship1a.jpg.webp

[He's here!]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65038617

25 injuries, 15 people in hospital.

[Ozyhibby]

We used to be good at this sort of stuff.[emoji35]


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[hibee_girl]

Saw all the emergency crews heading that way this morning while on the school run.

The sheer number of them indicated it was a serious one.

[Scouse Hibee]

Been declared a major incident by ERI

[Mon_the_cabbage]

Been declared a major incident by ERI

That was a few hours ago, stood down now.

[He's here!]

Saw all the emergency crews heading that way this morning while on the school run.

The sheer number of them indicated it was a serious one.

33 injured, 21 in hospital. Must have been terrifying for those on board. Hope there are no fatalities.

[hibby rae]

Interestingly, this is the ship which discovered the wreck of the USS Indianapolis

[JimBHibees]

Interestingly, this is the ship which discovered the wreck of the USS Indianapolis

Was that the ship referenced in the film Jaws where many of the survivors of the sunken ship in the water were killed by sharks?

Article here

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-worst-shark-attack-in-history-25715092/

[hibby rae]

Was that the ship referenced in the film Jaws where many of the survivors of the sunken ship in the water were killed by sharks?

Article here

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-worst-shark-attack-in-history-25715092/

The very same, it had just delivered the Hiroshima bomb to Tinian. Due to a monumental **** up no one noticed it hadn't arrived when it was meant to, so the survivors spent 8 days in the water or something. Worst loss of life in US Navy history I think. The navy then made the captain a scapegoat for it to cover up their mistake and he eventually committed suicide

[JimBHibees]

The very same, it had just delivered the Hiroshima bomb to Tinian. Due to a monumental **** up no one noticed it hadn't arrived when it was meant to, so the survivors spent 8 days in the water or something. Worst loss of life in US Navy history I think. The navy then made the captain a scapegoat for it to cover up their mistake and he eventually committed suicide

Wow 8 days that seems unbelievable doesn't make much sense the captain being held to account if the ship was torpedoed

[Jack]

Wow 8 days that seems unbelievable doesn't make much sense the captain being held to account if the ship was torpedoed

The ship shouldn't have sunk at all. The weather was very warm but contrary to standing orders the captain allowed all the 'windows' and bulkhead doors to be open for ventilation despite being in a danger zone. Had they been closed its very unlikely the ship would have sunk.

[He's here!]

The ship shouldn't have sunk at all. The weather was very warm but contrary to standing orders the captain allowed all the 'windows' and bulkhead doors to be open for ventilation despite being in a danger zone. Had they been closed its very unlikely the ship would have sunk.

According to the article posted above the ship was all but split in two by Japanese torpedoes. Hard to imagine how it wouldn't have sunk if that was the case?

[hibby rae]

According to the article posted above the ship was all but split in two by Japanese torpedoes. Hard to imagine how it wouldn't have sunk if that was the case?

Yeah it sank in 12 mins, if you compare that to the RMS Brittanic which sank because portholes etc were open, that sank in 55 mins. It had probably experienced catastrophic damage and lost all power, which would also mean there would be no way to use pumps etc.

An interesting appendage to the story is the captain's name was cleared by Congress around 50 years later, and that all started because a sixth grade student started researching it for a school project.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Scott

[hibby rae]

Wow 8 days that seems unbelievable doesn't make much sense the captain being held to account if the ship was torpedoed

He was the only captain in the US Navy to be court-martialed for losing a ship in the war.

[JimBHibees]

According to the article posted above the ship was all but split in two by Japanese torpedoes. Hard to imagine how it wouldn't have sunk if that was the case?

Absolutely two torpedoes a huge fuel explosion and ship split in two sounds like he was a convenient scapegoat. Seems incredibly unfair

[JimBHibees]

Yeah it sank in 12 mins, if you compare that to the RMS Brittanic which sank because portholes etc were open, that sank in 55 mins. It had probably experienced catastrophic damage and lost all power, which would also mean there would be no way to use pumps etc.

An interesting appendage to the story is the captain's name was cleared by Congress around 50 years later, and that all started because a sixth grade student started researching it for a school project.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Scott

Incredible story that

[hibby rae]

Absolutely two torpedoes a huge fuel explosion and ship split in two sounds like he was a convenient scapegoat. Seems incredibly unfair

Doing a bit more reading about it, it was established the ship sent at least 3 SOS calls, which were disregarded by the ships that received them, and his request for destroyer escort was refused, despite the ship having no sonar/ASW equipment.

[McD]

Doing a bit more reading about it, it was established the ship sent at least 3 SOS calls, which were disregarded by the ships that received them, and his request for destroyer escort was refused, despite the ship having no sonar/ASW equipment.


the article linked above also says that enemy radio transmissions discussing the torpedoing and sinking of the ship were intercepted, but disregarded as it might be to set up an ambush

[Hibby70]

I read a great book about the Indianapolis, I'll see if I can find it

Edit
In Harm's Way

https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/doug-stanton/in-harm-s-way/9780553813609?cq_src=google_ads&cq_cmp=18075688485&cq_con=&cq_med=pla&cq_plac=&cq_net=x&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8e-gBhD0ARIsAJiDsaXKlmZfIK9KdmqrvSw2Y_x9hbDdHnytH0pH-a3BpXSkFVJkic8nPNIaAv8REALw_wcB#GOR000462591

[.Sean.]

Random fact for the day - the ship that toppled prior to coming into ownership by the US Navy was previously used as a research vessel for locating historical shipwrecks, and it found the USS Indianapolis

[Scouse Hibee]

Random fact for the day - the ship that toppled prior to coming into ownership by the US Navy was previously used as a research vessel for locating historical shipwrecks, and it found the USS Indianapolis

As stated in the first page of this thread 😀

[.Sean.]

As stated in the first page of this thread 😀
Here that’ll teach me to read a thread properly eh 😂😂😂😂😂

[Just Alf]

Here that’ll teach me to read a thread properly eh [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]Ha ha I remember doing the same... for months I was reading and rereading a thread before I posted anything :rofl: